I like the idea of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" model. I still do development in Fox 2.6 and VFP 7.0 and don't see any reason to change that for old programs. For brand new development of course, but not old applications.
--- Malcolm Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Like you, I sell a suite of proprietary products > built on a huge code > base of FPD, FPW, and VFP code. > > At the moment I'm aggressively studying Python as an > alternative to VFP. > While I haven't started to port any of my code yet, > I'm beginning to > think that porting my code base may not be the huge > effort I originally > feared. Why? Because what makes my products unique > is their design and > algorithms, not the actual plumbing. And I don't > need to re-invent my > design or algorithms - just the plumbing. > > One of the things I noticed when I moved my FPD/FPW > applications to VFP > was how much my code base began to shrink. Partially > because I was > cleaning up (refactoring) poorly designed code and > partially because VFP > simplified a lot of functionality that I had > previously built by hand. > I'm confident that I'm going to see the same type of > reduction if I port > to Python - especially in the fringe areas of my > application that took > me outside VFP's 'comfort zone', eg. web interfaces, > regular > expressions, os interfaces, etc. > > After studying Python and then reviewing my VFP code > with a fresh > perspective, I'm surprised about how much VFP > 'cruft' is buried in my > code. Cruft that is directly tied to the VFP > language or workarounds for > the VFP language vs. code fundamental to my > application's logic. > > Bottom line: At this point, without having gotten my > hands dirty yet<g>, > I'm a lot more optimistic about the feasibility of > porting apps from VFP > to Python than I was several months ago. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
